21Nov

The Sporting Plague: No One Will Speak About

Capitol Hill, Washington DC - The Launch of Family and Friends of Gamblers Capitol Hill, Washington DC. The major announcement of a new group in the fight for proper regulation of gambling. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Representative Paul Tonko, hosted the event. I spoke about the widespread sports gambling addiction among athletes. Below - the text of my speech: ** It is a silent plague. A disease that-none-dare-mention-its-name is hitting American athletes. Gambling addiction is sweeping our athletes from the very top leagues down to high school students. Over...

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10Nov

We are all the Turkish Football League Now: Why the Match-Fixing Tsunami Continues in Sports

Sports around the world are in danger: Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, NCAA, UFC and soccer/football in 33 countries. Here are the facts that no one else will tell you. “When you want to fix, go to the country where it is easiest.” It was the day after a major Champions League game. The final round of the old-formatted, group stages where most teams had nothing to play for. I was talking to one of the biggest Asian match-fixers. He told...

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25Sep

The Shohei Ohtani Case, Las Vegas, & the ‘Human Head’ Business

The connections between legal and illegal bookmakers - in a criminal sports gambling network featuring NFL, MLB athletes/coaches, the Mob and the royalty of Las Vegas betting bosses. Scott Sibella is Las Vegas royalty. The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MGM Grand has virtually no equals in the city of gambling. There might be a few withered ghosts of eccentric billionaires like Howard Hughes, Sheldon Adelson or Steve Wynn floating around the corporatized towers of “sin city” - scrubbing away germs...

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05Apr

Shohei Ohtani, Jontay Porter and the Problems of Sports Gambling

Transcript of an interview that I did with CBC's Radio Jayme Poisson on the Shohei Ohtani and the coming tide of sports gambling problems. Front Burner Transcript for April 2, 2024 Host: Jayme Poisson Front BurnerOhtani, Porter and sport’s gambling problem23:22 JAYME POISSON: Hi, I'm Jayme Poisson. JAYME POISSON: The LA Dodgers Shohei Ohtani is the biggest star in baseball. In December, Toronto lost its collective mind just over rumours that he was signing with the Blue Jays. SOUNDCLIP FIRST SPEAKER: Jon Rossi tweets out Shohei...

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26Mar

Shohei Ohtani, Illegal Gambling and the Evil World of Translators

How to understand the scandal of Shohei Ohtani, Major League Baseball, organized crime, illegal gambling, New York Mets, 8 Men Out, and the evil world of translators. Of course it was the translator. Translators are, like librarians or cardigan-wearing women who work in charity shops, born and bred notorious criminals. Translators, like their illegal confederates among the book stacks of the local library, are well-known denizens of shady bookmakers and underworld dens. Just...

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08Apr

The Mafia Capo, How to Catch a Killer & Red-Flagging the Leagues

MAFIO CAPO PRESENTATION    "And a lot of these basketball players would go to the same clubs...and we got our eye on one or two of the guys. And I'd say, "Listen, you are a smart guy. I'm your good friend. Let me tell you how you are going to make some money."  Michael Franzese, the former Mafia Capo for the Colombo Crime Family, is the keynote speaker for the second annual Sports Integrity presentation at the University of New...

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